Outlook: While the Windjammers graduated four top-notch starters last season in Adam Carlsen, Kyle Olehnik, Taylor Hall and Andrew Flanagan, the team still maintains a strong nucleus of returning players and figures to be in the thick of things in Eastern Class B this season.

"We have experience at every position and depth at every position," said coach Hart. "But we lost some key players. We have to prove ourselves with the next group ready to step in."

Hart said he anticipates Waterville to be the cream of the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Class B crop this season, as the Purple Panthers have been the past few years.

"Our expectations are to improve every day and see where that takes us," said Hart. "Hopefully, it will get us into a postseason situation and we are playing our best at that time."

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